Ben Rees
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25 posts

29 July 2026

Why AI systems cite some SMB-to-enterprise stories and ignore others

AI systems rarely cite customer case studies that only live on the vendor's own site. Citation comes from independent corroboration, not content quality - here's what to do about it.

8 June 2025

The Value of Positioning Statements for an Evolving Product

7 June 2023

B2B marketing strategy for scaling companies: the Marketing Pyramid

How to choose a B2B marketing strategy for scaling companies without infinite budget: the Marketing Pyramid framework for prioritising events, paid, search, ABM, and content.

14 May 2023

Trying out ChatGPT

ChatGPT's answers are rarely wrong. But for content creators, 'not wrong' is a long way from insightful, which is the actual problem.

25 April 2021

Scaling from SMBs to the Enterprise - a 10-Point Plan

The challenges of scaling B2B marketing past Series B: a 10-point checklist drawn from five years doing it at Redgate.

14 June 2020

Under-promise, Over-deliver for product-led growth

22 May 2023

Creating a marketing strategy plan

2 October 2019

There are two times when you don't need to worry about Customer Success. And neither apply to you

20 September 2019

Finding Balance in Marketing Strategy

2 January 2019

Review: "Subscribed"​ by Tien Tzuo

16 June 2018

Measuring Outbound vs. "Always-on" Marketing Performance

6 May 2018

Your Customers Pay Your Salary (not your Employer)

26 September 2017

You're applying Marketing Theory, But You Don't Even Know It

4 September 2016

Your Primary Job as a Marketing Leader is to Prioritise

16 April 2016

Write Content That People Actually Want to Read

12 April 2016

Measuring Customer Experience

18 March 2016

People. Customers. Action.

28 March 2015

Great Customer Service - Detail, Memory and Management

2 March 2014

Increase Your Net Promoter Score to Decrease Marketing Spend

1 February 2014

Keeping an Eye on The Competition

18 January 2014

Xbox One vs. PS4 - How Marketing can Drive Development

13 October 2013

Working on the Coalface

20 April 2013

Five Tips for Implementing Marketing Analytics

7 January 2013

New Year, New Markets, New Products

4 November 2012

Lean Personas - How to Make Personas More Useful